In the last blog, Low-power Hydra, I discussed how power has become a challenge to many designers, even at advanced process nodes. I also recommended that designers should start looking at the design ...

Engineers are accustomed to making tradeoffs when designing products — faster and more power-hungry, or slower and lower-power; expensive and durable, or cheap and disposable; and so on. The ongoing ...

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Power plants are designed to operate at their highest efficiency. Once a plant goes into operation, however, real life takes over and sometimes design outcomes are not regularly realized. Improving ...

How GaN helps boost efficiency in data centers. What is the LLC resonant converter? Using the AC-DC-AC converter for UPSs with no transformer. Gallium-nitride (GaN) FETs have inherently superior ...

Optimization of power consumption is one of the biggest challenges IC designers face today. Although power optimization has always been critical for battery-operated designs, the continued growth of ...

With this year’s Applied Power Electronics Conference now in full gear, those visiting the show, taking place at the Georgia World Congress Exhibition Hall in Atlanta, can avail themselves of dozens ...

In last month’s blog, we discussed and compared various power techniques. A quick recap of these power techniques is shown in figure 1. Selecting between them is often quite challenging. These ...